How to pronounce Churchkhela

Churchkhela is written ჩურჩხელა where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tʃʰurtʃʰχɛla/. In plain English letters that is CHURCH-kheh-lah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Churchkhela?

Churchkhela is a dessert of Georgia. Where it comes from: Kakheti. People usually eat it as a snack and on festive days. Its main ingredients are nuts & seeds. It tastes sweet.

Where Churchkhela comes from

Churchkhela is one of 24 signature dishes of Georgia on this map. See all dishes from Kakheti.

• Chakapuli ჩაქაფული · Main dish · Kakheti

  Chakapuli is a Georgian stew of young meat and fresh green herbs, counted among the most popular dishes in the country.

• Chikhirtma ჩიხირთმა · Soup & stew · Kakheti

  Chikhirtma is a traditional Georgian soup from Kakheti, the eastern wine region.

• Shotis puri შოთის პური · Bread & pastry · Kakheti

  Shotis puri, or simply shoti, is a traditional Georgian bread made from white wheat flour and shaped like a canoe or a curved blade, thick along the spine with a thin edge and pointed ends.

• Tushetian guda თუშური გუდა · Snack · Tusheti (Kakheti)

  Tushetian guda is a cheese from Tusheti, a high mountain region in the far north-east of Georgia.

• Khachapuri ხაჭაპური · Bread & pastry · Imereti and Adjara

  Khachapuri is bread filled with cheese, and Georgia has a version for nearly every region.

• Khinkali ხინკალი · Main dish · Georgian mountains

  Khinkali are large dumplings with pleated tops, filled with spiced minced meat and herbs, which release a hot broth inside as they cook.

Food of Georgia

Dishes like Churchkhela in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Churchkhela:

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• Sohan halwa سوہن حلوہ · Dessert · Punjab, Pakistan

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• Bal mithai बाल मिठाई · Dessert · Uttarakhand, India

  Bal mithai is a sweet from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.

• Htoe mont ထိုးမုန့် · Dessert · Mandalay, Myanmar

  Htoe mont is a traditional Burmese sweet, a glutinous rice cake cooked with raisins, cashews and coconut shavings.